A surprisingly busy winter garden in New England, complete with a crop of organic veggies, and an appearance by Lady Gaga.

Winter gardening in New England
In the quaint New England town of Westwood Massachusetts lays a cozy enclave of cape cods and colonials with white picket fences and neatly trimmed shrubs. It’s the beginning of the winter season in the northeast and in most neighborhoods, once the pumpkins and scarecrows have been replaced by holly wreaths and evergreen garlands, gardens have long been put to bed. But tucked away behind one of these picturesque homes, David Pendergast’s amazing ...

Many golf courses are making greener choices.

Golfing Goes Organic
Love the game of golf, but wrestle with indulging yourself on a water guzzling, chemical laden golf course? Worry no more. Golf courses are getting the message and are beginning to go green. Many golf courses, including my own, are taking their cues from one of the first to go completely green, The Vineyard Club on Martha’s Vineyard. In 2002, when the Vineyard Golf Club’s newly hired superintendent, Jeffrey Carlson, heard that the brand ...

A continuation of one mom’s look into green cleaning products.

Cleaning green or just greenwashing? Part II
In the past few weeks, I have had a chance to use the alternative cleaning products I mentioned previously. They included a variety of kitchen and bath cleaners, wipes and laundry soaps. Quite honestly, I was impressed by all of them, including Greenworks by Clorox and Nature’s Source by SC Johnson. Some have special qualities, like Seventh Generation’s wipes which now have disinfecting power. Some products required a little more elbow grease, but they all ...